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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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