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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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