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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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