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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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