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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important 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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