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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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