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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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