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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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