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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions 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 educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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