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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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