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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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