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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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