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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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