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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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