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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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