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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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