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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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