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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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