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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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