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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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