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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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