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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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