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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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