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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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