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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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