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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free 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 topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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