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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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