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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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