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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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