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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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