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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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