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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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