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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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