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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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