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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses 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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