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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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