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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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