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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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