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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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