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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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