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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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