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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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