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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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