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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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