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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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