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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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