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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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