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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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