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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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