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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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