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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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