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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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