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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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