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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates 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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