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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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