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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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