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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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