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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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