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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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