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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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