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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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