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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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