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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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