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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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