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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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