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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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