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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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