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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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