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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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