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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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