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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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