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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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