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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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