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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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