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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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