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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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