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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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