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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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