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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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