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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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