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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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