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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different 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 institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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