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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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