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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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