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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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