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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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