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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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