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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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