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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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