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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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