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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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