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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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