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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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