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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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