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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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