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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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