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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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