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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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