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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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