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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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