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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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