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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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