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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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