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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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