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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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