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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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