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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education