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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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