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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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