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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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