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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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