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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies 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 stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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