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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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