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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the 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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