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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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