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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate 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 open courses are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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