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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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