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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are normally free 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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