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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different 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 organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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