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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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