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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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