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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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