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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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