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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business 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 evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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