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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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