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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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