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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning enable students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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