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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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