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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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