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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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