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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology enable 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. Massive open online courses are customarily 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. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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