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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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