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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have enabled 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 normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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