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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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