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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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