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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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