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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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