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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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