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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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