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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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