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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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