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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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