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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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