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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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