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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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