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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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