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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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