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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions 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 manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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