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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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