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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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