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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies 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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