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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key 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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