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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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