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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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