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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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