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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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