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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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