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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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