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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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