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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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