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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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