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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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