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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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