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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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