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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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