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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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