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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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