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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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