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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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