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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important 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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