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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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