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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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