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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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