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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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