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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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