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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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