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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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