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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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