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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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