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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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