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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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