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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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