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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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