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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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