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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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