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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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