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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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