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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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