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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people 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. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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