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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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