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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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