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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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