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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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