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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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