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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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