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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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