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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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