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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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