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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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