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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models 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 organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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