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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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