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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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