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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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