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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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