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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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