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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part 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 almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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