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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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