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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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