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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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