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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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