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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the 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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