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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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