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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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