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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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