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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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