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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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