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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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