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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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