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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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