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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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