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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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