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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies 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 educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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