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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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