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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important 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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