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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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