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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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