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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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