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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models 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 institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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