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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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