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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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