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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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