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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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