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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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