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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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