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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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