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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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