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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business 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 we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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