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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders 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. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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