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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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