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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies 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 in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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