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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education