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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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