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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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