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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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