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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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