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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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