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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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