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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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