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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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