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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the 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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