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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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