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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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