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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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