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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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