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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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