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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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