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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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