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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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