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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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