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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches 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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