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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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