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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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