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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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