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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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