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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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