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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering learners 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. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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