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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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