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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers 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 massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation 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 courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major 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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