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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students 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. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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