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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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