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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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