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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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