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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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