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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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