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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different 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 handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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