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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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