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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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