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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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