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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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