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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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