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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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