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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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