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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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