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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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