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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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