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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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