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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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