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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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