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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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