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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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