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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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