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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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