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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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