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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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