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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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