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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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