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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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