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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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