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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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