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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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