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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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