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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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