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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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