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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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