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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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