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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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