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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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