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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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