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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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