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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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