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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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