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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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