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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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