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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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