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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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