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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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