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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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