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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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