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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the 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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