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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning enable students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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