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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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