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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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