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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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