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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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