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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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