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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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