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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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