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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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