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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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