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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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