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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies 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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