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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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