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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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