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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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