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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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