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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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