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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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