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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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