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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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