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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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