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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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