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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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