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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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