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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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