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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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