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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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