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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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