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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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