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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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