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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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