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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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