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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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