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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand 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 subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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