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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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