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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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