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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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