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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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