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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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