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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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