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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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