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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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