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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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