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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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