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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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