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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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