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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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