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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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