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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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