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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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