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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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