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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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