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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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