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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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