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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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