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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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