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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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