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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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