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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over 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 for learners but do not 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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