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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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