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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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