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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of 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 MOOC courses are normally 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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