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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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