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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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