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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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