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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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