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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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