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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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