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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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