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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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