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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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