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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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