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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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