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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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