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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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