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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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