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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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