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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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