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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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