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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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