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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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