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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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