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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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