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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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