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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major 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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