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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different 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 experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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