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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions 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 problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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