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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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