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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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