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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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