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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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