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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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