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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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