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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. 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. 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 elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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