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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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