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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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