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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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