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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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