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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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