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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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