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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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