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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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