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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly 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. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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