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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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