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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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