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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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