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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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