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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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