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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key 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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