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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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 massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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