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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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