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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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