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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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