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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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