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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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