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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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