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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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