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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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