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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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