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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting 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 amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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