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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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