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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This 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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