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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores 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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