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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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