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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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