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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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