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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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