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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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