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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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