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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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