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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 (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled 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 guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What 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 digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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