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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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