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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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