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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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