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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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