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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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