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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. 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 massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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