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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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