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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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