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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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