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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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