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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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