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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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