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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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