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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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