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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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