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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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