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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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