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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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