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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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