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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the 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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