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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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