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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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