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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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