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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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