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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education