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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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