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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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