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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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