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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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