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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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