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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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