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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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