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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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