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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines 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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