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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the 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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