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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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