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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What 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 assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches 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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