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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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