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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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