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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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