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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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