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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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