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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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