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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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