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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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