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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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