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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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