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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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