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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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