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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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