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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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