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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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