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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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