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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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