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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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