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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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