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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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