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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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