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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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