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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the major 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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