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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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