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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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